GOVERNMENT OF
REPUBLIC OF KAZAKSTAN

Kazakhstan will participate in the Burgas-Alexandroupolis project. This was announced today by Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev in the course of extended talks with President Vladimir Putin of Russia in Astana today.

Reps of transport ministries of Kazakhstan and Russia discussed construction of a second line of locks down the Volga-Don waterway and the Eurasia Canal, as well as construction of the new West China – West Europe corridor.

May 7, on the first day of his official visit to the USA, Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin met reps of the US Congress and the US State Department in Washington.

Today at the Government House, Kazakhstan Prime Minister Karim Massimov met Rashid Mohammad Rashid, Egypt Minister of Industry and Trade.

The Government House hosted a regular sitting of the State-run Committee for Kazakhstan Economy Modernization chaired by the Prime Minister Karim Massimov.

Singapore hosted the 3rd international tax conference of the CIS Finance Ministers. Kazakhstan is represented by a delegation headed by Nurlan Rakhmetov, Chair of the Finance Ministry Tax Committee.

At his Germany-based residence, the Kazakh Ambassador to Germany hosted a reception for German officials and business reps.

The work is under way in Kazakhstan to introduce electronic air tickets, this was announced at a Kazakh Government sitting by Azat Bekturov, Vice Minister of Transport and Communications, when reporting on civil aviation development.

Toady Kazakhstan Prime Minister Karim Massimov has left for Turkmenistan on an official visit.

Construction of the new transport corridor West Europe-West China will increase deliveries by trucks almost four times. This was announced at a Kazakh Government sitting by Serik Akhmetov, Kazakh Minister of Transport and Communications.